Richard R. Wier, Jr.
Managing Partner
Email: rwier@wierlaw.com

Admitted: 1967, Delaware and District of Columbia; 1980, Pennsylvania

Law School: University of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1966; Temple University Law School, Labor Law, 1981-1982

College: Hamilton College, B.A., 1963

Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Delaware (Member, Committees on: Criminal Law, 1980- and Labor Relations, 1981-; Vice Chairman, Labor Law Section, 1987-1988; Chairman, Labor Law Section, 1989-1990; Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1987-1992; Chairman, Special Committee on Drug Crisis, 1993-), Pennsylvania and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association; National Association of Attorneys General (Honorary Life Member).

Biography: Attorney General, 1975-1979, State Prosecutor, 1970-1974 and Deputy Attorney General, 1968-1970, State of Delaware. Listed in: Who's Who in America, 1978-; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in the East; Best Lawyers in America, 2001-2002. "Top Four Labor/Employment Attorneys in Delaware," Delaware Today, October, 1996-.

Reported Cases: NFL v. State of Delaware Lottery 435 F. Supp. 1372 (D. Del. 1977); Wier ex.rel. Peterson 369 A.2d 1076 (Del. 1976); Wier ex. Rel. State of Delaware v. A.I. DuPont Board et. al. [Award of over $25 Million per year to State of Delaware since 1978]; State v. Steigler 277 A.2d 862 (Del. 1971) vacated by U.S. 939 (1972); Bostic v. Smyrne School District et. al. 418 F.3d 355 (D. Del. 2005); Freebery v. New Castle County et. al. 589 F. Supp. 2d 409 (D. Del. 2008); Couden v. New Castle County et. al., 446 F.3d 483 (3d Cir. 2006); 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69314; Marti v. Pachulski et. al. 551 F. Supp. 2d 322 (D. Del. 2008); Parkstone v. New Castle County 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33765; Irgau v. Christiana Care Hospital 2008 Del. Super LEXIS 129 [settled]; Petti v. O'Connor 906 A.2d 807 (Del. 2009) [settled]; Piretti v. Gardner, C.A. No. 94C-09-070 [$5.8 million Jury Verdict]; Dant v. Alfred J. DuPont Hospital et. al. C.A. No. 04C-08-047 CHT (Del. Super) [settled]; Standard Distributing Co. v. NKS, 1996 Del. Super LEXIS 224; Gross v. Pediatrician C.A. No.: 05C-09-204-WCC [settled]; Kappa Alpha v. University of Delaware C.A. No.: 2345 - VCS [settled].

Born: Wilmington, Delaware, May 19, 1941

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